https://vmac.ch/tags/summer/Recent content in summer on vmac.chHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 28 Jul 2024 08:34:20 +0200https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-27-walking-the-cat/Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:40:00 +0200https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-27-walking-the-cat/<p>We are in the forest, when my cat stops walking. &ldquo;Come, Luna, you know the way,&rdquo; I tell her. But no amount of asking can make her move. She looks at me and utters a quiet meow. She looks to the left of the forest path, hisses once, and turns around.</p>https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-27-the-greenhouse/Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:34:00 +0200https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-27-the-greenhouse/<p>&ldquo;You want another cup of tea,&rdquo; I ask my guest. &ldquo;No thanks, I&rsquo;m good – where did you find all these trees? I&rsquo;ve never seen any of them!&rdquo; She points to the group of firs next to the small patio area where we sit beneath plants nearly extinct in the wilderness. &ldquo;A lot of luck and dedication,&rdquo; I reply to her.</p>https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-23-summer-heat-2/Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:45:00 +0200https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-23-summer-heat-2/<p>What&rsquo;s left of the river flows slowly past me this morning – the day has scarcely started, and the sweat is already pouring down my back. It has been the new normal for some years.</p>https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-21-summer-heat/Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:25:00 +0200https://vmac.ch/posts/2023-08-21-summer-heat/<p>Sweltering heat lies over the neighborhood. The ice dealers closed up long ago – since the Power and Water Conservation Act was introduced earlier in the month. The air conditioner dealers followed shortly after.</p>